Man who confidently says "go on then, see for yourself" has bluff called

A man from Merseyside has yesterday apologised for what many have called 'an example of utter complacency.'

Jeremy North, 57, had reportedly stolen his neighbour's brown wheelie bin after a pile-up of recycle-able plastics at his household. "I've been going through so much stress over the last few weeks, so I thought I'd steal a bin" defends North.

After neighbour, Nicola Watts, in what some witnesses reported as a 'heated confrontation', suspected that North had stolen her brown bin and had kept it in his back garden shed, the man then, in what many have seen as a gross miscalculation, attempted to prove his own innocence by showing the woman the shed in which the bin was hidden.

Watts recounts her journey to North's back garden: "I remember feeling ridiculous. Why did I say 'yes' to his offer? It was just the heat of the moment. I completely lost it. No one who ever offers to prove their own innocence like that is ever guilty...or so I thought."

'As we walked through his house towards the garden, he had an unnerving confidence. He couldn't wait to show me the shed. After I told him that I believed him multiple times, he grabbed me and demanded I open the shed and 'see for myself.'

Social expert Hans Shuberman has also weighed in on the matter, saying that North's tactics "were a way of pressuring his opponent by raising the stakes. One attests they are innocent by showing a willingness to prove a misplacement of guilt" Hans says. "However, such a method rarely works when you are actually guilty."

North remains adamant that it was the last resort. This is despite his black general waste bin remaining pretty much empty. "Under no circumstances would I put perfectly decent recycle-able waste into a black bin. I want to protect the environment." pleaded the 57-year-old tree surgeon.